【正确答案】正确答案：Gatsby is a young man, around thirty years old, who grew up from an impoverished childhood in rural North Dakota to become fabulously wealthy. However, he achieves this lofty goal by participating in organized crime. Though Gatsby has always wanted to be rich, his main motivation in acquiring his fortune is his love for Daisy. As the novel progresses, Gatsby reveals himself to be an innocent, hopeful young man who stakes everything on his dreams, not realizing that his dreams are unworthy of him.